Feng ZH, Zhang GM, Hao TL, Chen ZC, Jiang ZY. Effect of immunosuppressive factor produced by human lung cancer cell line A549 on the production and action of interleukin 1.
JOURNAL OF TONGJI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY = TONG JI YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO 1990;
10:129-33. [PMID:
2255000 DOI:
10.1007/bf02986449]
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Abstract
A549, a human lung cancer cell line, spontaneously produces a tumor-derived immunosuppressive factor (TDSF) which inhibits the production and action of interleukin 1 (IL-1). After exposure of macrophages to TDSF for 5 h, the production of IL-1 by macrophages was significantly inhibited. The inhibition was much stronger if TDSF existed continuously in macrophage culture. The response of thymocytes treated with nylon wool to exogenous IL-1 was significantly suppressed in the presence of TDSF, suggesting that TDSF can inhibit the action of IL-1. The thymocytes untreated with nylon wool could proliferate after being stimulated with Con A. The proliferation was significantly suppressed by TDSF in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that the inhibitory action of TDSF on T cell activation is associated with IL-1, and that TDSF might exert an inhibitory action on other reactions mediated by IL-1. Furthermore, TDSF can reduce the supplementation of new T cells by inhibiting the proliferation of thymocytes.
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